I hate to start
this post like a Portlandia sketch, but do you remember the
'90s? It was a wandering period populated by a rather
aimless youth, but we were all fine with that. When you sort
out the fact that boy bands and pop princesses practically
dominated that era and dig down to the tolerable side of
music, you’ll remember that '90s rock was exactly what we
needed then to make sure the grounds of music weren’t being
completely shat on - I’m in full appreciation of that. With
that said, I’m all over Taffy’s nostalgically ‘90s blend of
punkish poppy shoegaze. This quartet of Tokyo revivalists
have made quite a craft of a rather easily overlooked
period, and it’s clear they’ve finessed the sound of the
influences being rightly worn on their sleeves. It’s fuzzy
bits of pop gems that aren’t exactly bubblegum ... but
perhaps a little more Taffy.
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